I know TiT and I'mnot saying you are wrong, but that makes absolutely no sense. You don't need to learn the laws for the first 2 years, but after driving for 2 years you need to do the online learning and take a test?
Brandon has covered the documents required. You also need to book an appointment online and complete a 1 hour online training video and take a copy of your pass to the DLT on the day of your appointment. On the day, they do a few reaction and eyesight tests and you are done, really easy. Good luck.
I did exactly the same as Marty, so it's good advice. The only thing to add is that you might have to increase your daily limit to transfer such a large sum, but I did that on my Bangkok bank app. Good luck.
If you want American TV bring an Amazon Fire stick or similar as they are very small and it saves looking around for one. Maybe get a dual sim phone for Thailand/USA sim cards and keep a cheap phone line open in the states.